I Became an Academy Overpowered Growth Genius

I Became an Academy Overpowered Growth Genius – 1

EP.1 Customization

[Winning the 1st prize in the lottery, 1.8 billion won.]

[After tax, received 1.2 billion won.]

Three years ago, an enormous amount of money entered my bank account when I won the lottery.

Then, I invested 1 billion won in U. S. stocks.

[Rate of return +2210.86%]

It was a huge success.

Since that day, my life motto became patience, as I became a billionaire with assets over 20 billion won in just three years.

I’m now 30 years old.

With over 20 billion won remaining, as long as inflation doesn’t skyrocket, I can live a carefree life of leisure and indulgence for the rest of my life.

Moreover, I am inherently uninterested in anything other than media like novels, comics, and games.

Without getting greedy with investments, avoiding the risk of losing money, and refraining from wasting money on gambling or entertainment, I live my life.

I have no interest in donations or businesses, and I am indifferent to marriage or dating.

I simply kill time and practice patience.

Until Todd Howard releases Elder Scrolls 6.

And until a U. S. AI company creates a girlfriend for me.

Until the technological singularity arrives and the metaverse world opens.

Due to these reasons, even though I am a billionaire, my monthly living expenses do not exceed 1 million won.

Even calling it a luxury, I only spend money on things like animation goods or buying deluxe editions of novels.

Among the activities, there is one game that I have invested the most time in over the past three years.

[Grand Hunter Academy]

Each and every heroines that seem to be alive.

A dynamic storyline that branches out in various routes depending on the player’s choices.

Even the captivating worldview that becomes more attractive the more you play.

However, no matter how rich the game is, eventually, all the content is bound to be consumed.

Even for someone like me who loves games, there has never been a time when I held onto a game for such a long time, but this one always felt fresh with a new story and taste with each episode.

[Challenge completion rate 100.0%.]

It was true that I achieved all the challenges just yesterday.

Yet, there is a reason to play one more episode.

[All challenges have been completed, unlocking the Hidden DLC.]

It was because of the unexpected existence of hidden content that I pressed the new game start button without hesitation.

[Please create a character to play.]

“Q”

Originally, this game is played by choosing a pre-designed playable character.

In the hidden DLC, it seems you can customize the playable character yourself.

“A new episode adds a different flavor.”

If there was one regret in this game, it was not being able to create my own character.

No matter how attractive the characters were, there was an unquenchable thirst that could not be satisfied if I couldn’t create my own character.

This thirst is finally being quenched.

Indeed, it’s a game that adds a fresh taste with each new episode.

I moved the mouse to the character creation window.

《Status Window》

▶ Name

Please set a name.

◆ Stats

[Strength: 00], [Agility: 00]

[Endurance: 00], [Anti-magic: 00]

[Health: 00], [Mana: 00]

[Sense: 00], [Intelligence: 00]

[Willpower: 00], [Luck: 00]

Stats have not been set. Please distribute points.

◆ Traits

No traits.

◆ Skills

No skills.

The character’s appearance appeared in the center, with the character’s stats and traits displayed on either side.

“What concept should I try…”

In fact, I’ve played with almost every conceivable concept as a playable character.

From warrior, magician, assassin, to stereotypical types like solo army, pure tank, and one-shot dealer.

If there’s any playstyle, I haven’t tried…

“How about trying the extreme king route.”

While there are late-game king characters among playable characters, their roles and limitations are clearly defined.

If the damage is strong, the tank is weak, and if the tank is tough, the damage is weak.

A character that can do both damage and tanking seemed ambiguous in performance, and every character had its weaknesses.

“Let’s create a character that can handle tanking, dealing damage, healing, buffing, and CC all on its own.”

A character that, if overcoming the early weaknesses, can reach higher heights in the late game than any other character, perhaps even aiming for the realm of gods.

This episode’s concept has been decided. Without looking, I began adding all kinds of debuff traits recklessly.

Severe obesity, necrotic dermatitis, psoriasis, reverse joints, twisted arms, frail constitution, mana insensitivity, carnivorous parasites, severe tinnitus, crossed eyes, terminal cancer, baldness, insomnia, and so on…

With each overlapping debuff trait that causes fatal hindrance to gameplay, the appearance of the character became noticeably gruesome.

When I added the last debuff trait, admiration involuntarily escaped my lips.

“Wow… Isn’t this character going to die as soon as we start?”

The skin, boiling in a reddish color as if bubbling, facial features buried in swollen skin, eyes devoid of light, and a grotesquely bald head with contorted limbs and torso.

Abomination… Ghoul…

More akin to an undead monster than a player character.

It seemed perfectly normal for the character to die immediately upon starting.

However, thanks to haphazardly stacking debuff traits, the bonus points increased immensely.

With these points, what to add first was already decided without having to think.

[Challenge Reward “All Knowledge in the World” Bonus! Adding 《Eye of Providence》.]

The Eye of Providence allows viewing all information in this world within the limits permitted by mana.

[Challenge Reward “Multiverse Traveler” Bonus! Adding 《Dimensional Shop》.]

A dimensional shop where, with dimensional currency, you can freely purchase everything from S-rank attributes like mana’s blessing and divine aura to ancient magic engineering, mythical items like Excalibur, Philosopher’s Elixir, and Necronomicon.

[Challenge Reward “Gods’ Incarnation” Bonus! Adding 《Favored One》.]

The Favored One not only raises the favorability of all thrones supporting the player to a perfect score of 100, sponsoring dimensional currency, various items, attributes, and skills but also boosts the Luck stat by ’50’.

Originally, in the game, these three bonus traits were hard to obtain, requiring various conditions and grinding in the late game.

The growth mechanism of this concept is simple.

1. Utilize the Eye of Providence and my extensive knowledge to seize hidden pieces.

2. Receive support from thrones with various attributes, skills, items, and dimensional currency.

3. Erase debuff traits through the dimensional shop and purchase various cheats.

“If you endure the early stages, it’s a real big jam.”

However, due to adding three exceptionally overpowered traits, a hefty price was paid, and the gathered points quickly dwindled to a mere 20%.

“These 20%…”

First, I raised the Willpower stat to ’30’.

Having such a lineup of debuff traits could lead to mental breakdown and the possibility of doing nothing and dying right at the beginning. To prevent this, resilient willpower is necessary, approaching the level of elite special forces.

And all remaining points were invested in Intelligence.

Even if the willpower is increased to enhance activity, with low intelligence, it’s like shouting into a void.

Low intelligence ruins the efficiency of all activities. Therefore, the final results are…

《Status Window》

▶ Name

Kang Seo-Jun

◆ Stats

[Strength: 1], [Agility: 1]

[Endurance: 1], [Anti-magic: 1]

[Health: 1], [Mana: 1]

[Sense: 1], [Intelligence: 8]

[Willpower: 30], [Luck: 50]

◆ Traits

[Eye of Providence Lv. Transcendent], [Dimensional Shop Lv. Transcendent], [Favored One Lv. Transcendent], [Severe Obesity Lv. Lowest], [Necrotic Dermatitis Lv. Lowest], [Psoriasis Lv. Lowest], [Reverse Joints Lv. Lowest], [Twisted Arms Lv. Lowest], [Frail Constitution Lv. Lowest], [Mana Insensitivity Lv. Lowest], [Carnivorous Parasite Lv. Lowest]… (and more)

◆ Skills

No skills.

To immerse myself more in the game, I used my real name for the character.

“It’s a masterpiece.”

Although the appearance is currently no different from a rotten corpse, once we pass the mid-game, the character will be much stronger than basic playable characters.

The appearance will also transform accordingly.

Imagining a character armed with various hidden pieces, throne items, and skills from another dimension, I felt a stronger anticipation than any other episode.

“Let’s just get through the early stages.”

After setting up the early stages quickly, I pressed the game start button with moderation.

[Warning! DLC mode is hardcore difficulty with no save and load.]

[Warning! The player has only one life, and if you die, you cannot come back.]

[Warning! Once the game starts, you cannot return to the original world until you clear the final quest.]

“What kind of concept is this?”

I casually skimmed through the warning pop-ups that came to mind.

Even though I thought it was an interesting concept, clicking one more time to confirm felt like an unnecessary hassle.

Without much thought, I pressed the game start button.

At that moment, a bright light covered the room to the point of blinding the eyes.